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swar.ainE with Lizards.
Prom tie HaytJord PnIL

Foreman Tourney, In charge Of the work
on the retaining walls at Asylum street CROSS
ing, who has been at work with his diving suit
srvoir at Meridsn that supplies that city with
water, reports n queer sight down whore no
was at work nineteen feet under water. Tho
the reservoir was swarming with lizards eight
or ton inches long. These animals would grab
were much disturbed. but did no particular
harm. In fact, on the contrary strange as 1t
seems, these liEards purify the water to great
And act a. sort Of nlterers, But doubtless Mer-
tden people. n they could. would prefer TO use
some other nlters before drinking the water.
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"A Woman In Danger.
From TIE London Tablet.

Gen. Caffarel had for his accomplice a
woman whose existence would figure fifty in
Q novel OF the realistic school. and who seems
to have had the entree to many official places,
and to have been acquainted with many per-
sons.in high Government posts.
The General was arrested in the morning,
and Nine, L6mousin In the evening. and these
arrests were quickly followed by a number Of
others, caused by the discovery Of compromis-
ing letters found in Mme Lemousin's house.
The whole neighborhood was In commotion
about the affair. and tho crowd assembled
the o
her was SO dense and angry that the police had
to establish Gordon to keep a way for her to
pass to the cab. but even this was broken
through. When the woman appeared. defiant
and smiling, the crowd became exaggerated.
and. crying "A leau la Prussiennel" made a
rush at her.
It would have gone hard with the wretched
woman II they had succeeded. for the charge
OF having sold to Germany secrets connected
with tho army. secrets betrayed to her by Gen.
Cafarel had reused public rage against her.
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s..e Aueedote. or job. 4. blair.

Soon otter tho Delaware Lackawanna and
Western Railroad was extended over the
Pocono Mountains into tho Laokawsnna val
Icy. John I. Blair. tho eccentric millionaire Of
Blairstown, N. j., came to Scranton every
month to pay q portion Of the railroad men.
Tho vehicle from which he distributed cash was
q lumber wagon, which was drawn from one
part Of the road to another BY team Of old
plugs. Mr. Blair liked to circulate the bills Of
his Blsirstown bank as far away from homo as
possible. and tho most Of his payments were
made in his own bank notes. Whenever he
ran out Of money he put board across tho
deep wagon box. hauled lot OF sheets OF I'M
signed bank notes out Of his iron trunk. sat
down on tho bottom Of tho wagon, and began
to make moro money by placing his peculiar
autograph on the crisp notes.
Moses Taylor. who was one of the heaviest
stockholders In the road, came to Scranton
frequently. Nothing about she road and the
shops and mines escaped his eagle eye, and one
day he noticed Mr.. Blair making money on the
hs tic s
John L. have you any idea ss how large cir
ton than we kin redeem In specie. Your bank
& az hsn
we2 BQueaked Mr.. Blair, continuing TO sign.
Several years ago each freight train on tho
road had q crew OF Q conductor and three
brakemen. Mr. Blair saw q chance to econo-
mizo BY taking one brakeman from each freight
train, and he caused an order to be Issued to
that effect. In consequence Of this, the con-
ductors were obliged to assist In switching
cars, and before the end OF the year number
Of them had been injured. One shockingiy
profane conductor had both legs cut of while
he was making Up his train ain in The Scranton
Blair after he becams conscious. and he swore
Tsli John j. Blair IN meet him in hip
At his church in Blairstown one Sunday Mr..
Blair placed his old fashioned silk hat in the
end OF pew next to the aisle and went to an
other part OF the church to seat people. While
he was away very fat old woman. who was
not q regular attendant. waddled in and helped
herself to seat without looking to see whether
there was anything In the pew or not. She sat
right down on the millionaire's hat, but she
was wholly unconscious OF the fact, and she
continued to- sit there until Mr.. Blair had
finished his duties. Then he began to search
for his plug. and when he got to the fat woman
he looked discouraged. He peered into several
pews In front Of her. and. then he won't back
and asked her to RISE She did so. and there
was the hat as fiat as q napjack. Mr.. Blair
struggled with his emotions as he held up tho
ruined tile. and the fat woman was so empar-
raised she couldn't utter word. Looking her
straight in tho face, and holding the hat at
arms length. Mr.. Blair said
God bless you, my good woman"
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Tho Drummer's Best Girl.
From the Detroit Free Preis.

from He DeT0u fTec fTeSS
He hurried up to the Office as soon o1,, as ne ne
reg Hsy id lnsqi ieS n ssfIssrly:
negligent attention that comes OF practice,
then Tipped one-a very small one-on the
The travelling man took it with a. curious
into mask Of expectancy.
GUS Of other travellers who jostled him, he laid
Il tenderly against his lips and actually
4, loud gufiaw startled him.
voice. that won't DO. you know. Too spooney
for %9 sp sBat cSness now your wife didn't
%t an look + h. would s rdm like to
III The admission was 50 unexpected that tho
% until they seod dnns
and were seated together in q, chum's room.
Then they began to badger him, :,
said one Of them; we want to know ali about
viii 1s go, ssd h Pk Nth sse ssa sss
read it yourselves. There 1t is" and he laid it
open on the table.
rss sfa Il: IKE IKE had hen
little, but hope We are gentlemen. The young
EonS esGe her Letter
"But / insist upon It," was the answer.
There Is nothing In 1t to be ashamed of-ex-
cept the spelling: that is little shaky, I'll ad-
Mt. but she won't care In the least Read 1t,
Thus urged Hardy took up the letter shame-
faeedly enough and read It. There were only
Q few words. First he laughed, then swallowed
the table again and rubbed the back OF his
hand across his eyes as If troubled with dim
ness Of vision.
Pshaw," 10 said, III had love letter like
that" and then he was silent.
Fair play" cried one of the others with an
uneasy laugh.
III read 1t to you. boys" said their friend,
seeing they made no move to take 1t, and
think you'll! agree with me that 1t Is q model
love letter."
And this was what he read:
Nj OWN DHKR Pa PAL 81 mi PRairs every mite annd
Wen kis ySre Picture ASK god 10 bless 700 good bi
PAPA yure best guri DoLLT.
For q moment or two the company remained
silent. while the little letter passed from hand
to hand, and you would haveisaid that every
one had r hay fsveE By the snuffing that was
Three cheers for Dolly. and three cheers
more for Dicks best girl"
They were given with will.
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sey, Union, Anelo-AmeEican Stores, CONNER
cjG wharf, and Central and Union elevators.
d ss sr aiDo s#sras Wsrehoases SPECIALITY p
pork. Martin & Fay handle more coffee and
hides than anything else. The Columbia or
and Pierrepont stores sugar Ia the feature.
There is over 100000 square feet OF storage
value OF the goods they hold 10, cannot be told;
No records arc kept at any central. point, and
the goods are coming and going al ne S While hn
dreds OF millions. The value OF the real estate
will round up into nine figures also. Among
other stores arc the Pinto. Finlay. Stranahan.
German American. Merchants owned BY Bart
lett, Prookman d Col Beard, Empire Hamil.
ton, India Wharf. Waverly. Tho India Wharf
were originally sugar house.
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She VIII Have to Pay e1Ae,too to Get n
Church or the Common.

Church On the COMMON
WORCESTER Oct. 29.-The followers OF
Henry George. under tho namo OF tho Land
and Labor Club. are ringing the changes on
the recent award against the city and In favor
Of the Old South Church for $14S,4O0. The Old
South Church was built at tho west end OF the
Common. The rights and privileges OF tho
Fhe psS claimed u asRHas e 70
mass Of the people wondered 4 i was SO. but
PseIsh Simply sH haa the rsRs e n$sS
land as was covered by the church. The
parish ss i. could The build Rah'E wha asHs s'sSs
had af i. IS loas.iSn For horse shsds
as sss 'hf wsDed sS sosS
asS s% Hnd se Se to buy hs
eyes shus and teeth firmly set That 1}ody Is
si The H.ns
nS f he
meeting house purposes, town house ,ss, and a a
unt is Then ii was paid for Ma out Of tho tax
lew for the town and parish were iddenti ga
ali the people. The parish and the town dis
solved partnership, and the church has since
been maintained at the expense OF the parish.
eve Of dissolution from natural causes when
the city stepped in and threw 1t a bone with
meat enough thereon for it's recreation.
When the city took its headlong plunge tho
old laws OF the State were hunted up. 1t was
found that where town and parish had been ,e =,
to the property occupied for parish purposes
was vested in tho parish. and the city must
SETTLE The land has steadily increased In value.
Not cent OF tax has ever been assessed upon It.,
and not dollar has been expended for its care
by the parish for moro than q half century; Gre
ated at public expense maintained Ct pn b ex.
q religious society of the ground. a striking
illustration Of "unearned increment" say the
Henry George followers.
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A Comprehensive Epitaph.

fTOH inc ChdIdHoOQd commercial.
A correspondent OF the Commercial copied
the following UNIQUE and exhaustive epitaph
from tombstone In Tennessee, and sent II In
as a. masterpiece In its line. It gives pretty
much all Of the deceased's history, and he GER
was erected By. NJ. Muldoon Of this city. The
opitaph is as follows:
THOMAS r AFTERALL
The 9Th son Of
BoLoNoH FIDELITY AITBlALI,
Killed In 1878 by the Indiana
OF Puritan Stock
And His Fourth wife,
ELIZA JAM 6mIH,
VINO the third wife OF Smith, who was her second
husband born at the city OF INDIAN polis Indiana
In the Of our Blessed Redeemer and saviour 1914
on the 18th day Of January. the blessed year
and AFTER having been baptized the proper way, and
acknowledging the true Baptist faith WAS married 10
Peggy Cott uhe tRlle5t ote), daughter of Jim
Colt lwhU lived at tile forks OF the roAdl, who,
having died he took TO s tender breast hStre friend
and mtne-MRrtha NppuS rhs two above help.
mates gave him seven sweet buds OF trist and alice
ton, and gave him alter mis- death OF mysele
who got scalded accidentally by him maple sugar,
and then stu trusting the promise NJ God, he casped
his wife for the third tilne. o. SO sweet his now
weeping widow, Mary Banga Afterall (who 10 myBelfl
and died after, March 10 l672 A D. peace 70
his AAhSA Having performed the work laid cut for
him 10 do Dy his Creator he rests from his lAbor
There Y no 1orToweth there.
Erected BY he weeping and di1conaolAto widow and his
6uest VITA Mary bAAsl AftsEAn
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q snS anms yss thc 10 g %
cisi record Of the great. trial. This historic
event has boon copdcpsed Into 9 handy volume
Dictionary, and it has fac-simile letter from
Judge Nellson endorsing II, II vas complied
In Il are pictures OF Tiiton. Beach. Pryor, and
Fullerton, but none OF the defendant or his
counsel On the ny leaf 10 q note In the hand
presented the volume to his employer, but
thero IL no mark anywhere to indicate that MIR.
Beecher ever looked into Il.
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Tho Eatate or an EnsllsA Jockey.
From the 81, James's

The late George Fordham's estate, sxclu.
sive OF 100000 left to his widow amounts to
about f40O00. which is TO he distributed among
his four children, among whom the III st-nanGd
sum will DO distributed on tho widows death.
Three weoSs ago turdhHm called Il meeting OF
his family TO his bedside aud dlatriouted
among them tho whole Of his accumulated
presents, worth "a very large sum.
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ciinsI.s the Highest Peaks or the Caucasus.

News has Just been received Of the sue
oossful ascent of the Elbrus and Kasbek, the
two highest peaks Of the Caucasus, by party
Swiss guide. ID. Mniler Gsteigwiler Of Inter
laken, and some natives.
The Elbrus rises from an elevated plateau,
1896 feet its summit being crowned by an
extinct crater which now forms the basin as Of u
assembled by Messrs. Freshfeld. Moore. and
Tucker on June 3d. 1868. with tho assistance
Of Chamounix guide, IL IL about l65 miles
crow flies.
The Kasbek. the second highest summit of
the present Russian party under GstelgWller.
1t Ii situate about midway between tho Cas-
plan and Black ssa and rises IN the form Of z
SI: ~ e "a g ssfees . aSsSs ss asss '
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A BlE AustrAliaa Pearl

eysE ssg ssd TssAsg q sEsnss
! By Mr. George Roe.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-12-11

beautiful as are the phenomena Of cold,
the oongelation of the waters, the
scattering of the boar frost like ashes,
and the snow storm with its leader
heayen-bent above a dazzling earth, it
is curious how little they seemed to
have moved the popular mind to any
pleasant myth-making. The homely
imps and sprites Of frost are almost
altogether wanting. Our Jack Frost is
modern, and owes his repute, if not his
origin to Miss Gould's poem. There
we're indeed, the Scandinavian frost
giants, whose N emory is embalmed in
literature, and there is our pantomImic
ogre, whom no one now associates
with Oekir, god of the east sea-wind or
any notions of cold. The fact is that
cold, down to medieval times, was re-
garded by both Christian and heather,
as one of the terrors of the places of
torment, and the presentations of
cold in general were personages too
awfal to be mentioned by the hearth
fire without milling.
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cess of the movement for admission
The logic which this conclusida Is
reached proceeds as follows:
Commercial prosperity, the success
of capital now here and the introduction
of foreign capital requires q per ma.
nently settled condition OF afa rs.
The admission of Utah will forever
settle the uncertain les and the scri-
monies of the political and social situa-
ton.
And for that reason Statehood and
commercial prosperity go hand in hand
On the other hand. scrutinize Liber
alism under the szme logic:
a party that seeks to prolong social
strife and to prevent the Territory
from having a settled form of govern
ment, is opposed to the commercial in
terests of the Territory.
Such is the Liberal party and ergo, ii
is high time that business men asserted
themselves In order that the golden
opportunity of seeking refuge from the
storms Of the situation may not be lost.
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POLICE COURT.
The Disposition Made of Ordinance
Breakers Saturday.

In the Police Court, yesterday, John
Wilson, alias the Rocky Mountain
Detective" was before Judge Piper for
being drunk and disturbing the peace
at Stahl's saloon. He was adjudged
guilty as charged, and fined $40 a
charge of vagrancy was then preferred
against the self-styled disciple of Pink
erton, which. notWi hstanding his de-
murrer, was also proven, and an add
tional fine of $50 imposed. He will
probably have chance to detect the diff
ference between good and poor gravel
for fifty days.
Joseph Ashton, also in for drunken
ness and disturbing the peace, was
fined $25 for the first and $40 for the
second offense.
Andrew Millquist donated $40 to the
city exchequer fer disturbing the peace
while intoxicated.
John Mcintyre. chronic guzzler, was
fined an x for being drunk.
W. Fl. H Sharp was fined the usual
IS for his spree.
A couple of boys for stealing a pistol
were given twenty five days each. Their
names are Henry Slater and Fred
Wright.
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a GOVERNMENT BUILDING.

1t has never been and is not nov the
policy of the national government to
erect public buildings in the Territories.
If money has ever been appropriated
for the purpose in a Territory, the
amount has been small. We believe
none of the dependencies has building
of any prominence belonging to The
government. 1t has never been ex-
planned why this policy was pursued;
the reason may probably be found in
the fact that the Territories being with
out votes and political influence, Con-
gressmen find no incentive to cultivate
their friendship.
1t is belieGed, however, that
the time has come when Utah
can go to Congress in this matter with
q reasonable degree of hope that the
request for an appropriation for q
government building in Salt Lake City
will be complied with. The United
States Is paying for rent in this city
more than the interest on the sum re
quired for building would amount
to; and yet is without reasonably good
accommodations. The court rooms,
the postoffice, the offices and rooms OF
the Governor. Secretary, the Commits
sion, the Judges, Marshal, Attorneys.
the land officers, and other representa-
tives and servants OF the Federal
government, are anything but what
they should be. The showing that can
be made ought to be sufficient to
convince Congress of the wisdom
of erecting here a building that
would. accommodate the govern
ment business. Large appropriations
are being made to cities of less populs-
ton than Salt Lake possesses. The
will show some of thA late
appropriations for postofices, the
Ggures being taken from the report of
the supervising architect OF the Treas
ury Department for 1e84-S5, and the
census OF 1880:
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IT WAS good decision whether or not
it was based on good law, which Judge
Wilson rendered in San Francisco the
other day when he held that news
papers had the right to withhold the
names of their informants. The Judge
said that the reporter and the priest
stood upon the same footing as to the
confidential nature of the communica
tons made to- them. If this were the
law of the land it would be better all
around. Of course aggrieved parties
would have the right to proceed against
the newspaper, and the latter would
have its recourse against those
who had misinformed the re-
porter. One of the stumbling
blocks the newspaper man is constantly
running against is the fear of indlvidu-
ais to give information to the press lest
they be made legally and personally
responsible. The dread of figuring be
fore the public restraints men from
doing their duty to the public, and
often prevents the exposure of wrong
doing and misdeeds which should be
laid bare. If the individual could be
made to understand that he would nos
BE disturbed, the newspaper accepting
the full responsibility, there would be
sreater willingness to communicate,
sud here would also be greater caution
IN the part OF newspapers.
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Muray's Specific.
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EQUALIZE THE TAKES.

Ons thing for which the Legislature
should provide at its coming session
is Territorial board of equalization.
The necessity for such board has
long existed, and there is now demand
for it, which demand will grow more
and more imperative as the years go
by. One has but to examine the tinan-
cial statements of the several counties
80 be convinced of the glaring injustice
perpetrsted by some upon the whole.
The aim of too many of the counties
seems to be to keep their own Terri
torlal taxes down to the lowest possible
point, and thus force the other counties
to bear the cost of the Terri
torial government. There are
counties which draw from the
school fund alone more than the
full amount of their Territorial taxes.
With one or two exceptions, We doubt if
there is county in the Territory which
assesses its property to the extent of 10
per cent. of the actual value. The
county assessed the highest, which is
Salt Lake, does not tax more than 30
per cent. of the cash value of its pro-
perty. At the coming session of the
Legislature some pretty large appropri-
atoms for Territorial purposes will
necessarily be made to cover the ex-
penses of the past two years and to pro-
vide for the coming two. The taxes
should be so equalized that the
money required will not be
drawn from two or three
counties which derive no more than
proportionate share of the benefits, but
WILL be paid by allsaccording as each has
taxable property. 1t is also probable
that detern' ined effort will be made to
system of free schools; If
this shall succeed, and the present in
equitable tax arrangement shall con-
tinue, the schools will all be maintained
by three or four counties, though the
other counties will own three or four
times the property held by few. tits
to be hoped that the Legislature will see
this matter in the proper light, and
provide q board of equalization which
will see that taxation is equitable, and
that each county bears its due propor-
ton of the public burden.
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A Woman's Discovery.

Another wonderful discovery ha,
been made and that too by lady IN this
county. Disease fastened its Clutche.
upon her and for seven years she with
stood its severest tests, but her vital or
CANS we're undermined and death
seemed imminent. For three months
she coughed necessarily and could not
sleep. She bought Of US a bottle of DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consumption
and was so much relieved On taking first
dose that she slept all night and with
one bottle has been miracuiously cured.
Her name is Mrs Luther Lutz ~ Thus
write w. G. Hamrick & Co., of Shelby,
\ Get a free trial bottle at q. c. NJ
|. Cos. Drug Store. 9